The same day federal agents raided his Duryea-based LAG Transport & Recovery in Duryea and Wilkes-Barre officials condemned LAG Towing on Carey Avenue, the state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Glodzik to take steps to dismantle a dilapidated bridge he owns spanning the Susquehanna River.

The order, released Thursday, orders Glodzik to get the DEP permits required to begin work to fix or tear down the Coxton Railroad Bridge, which connects Duryea and Exeter Borough. Glodzik has 54 days to get the permits and must either tear down or repair the bridge within 180 days of getting the permit.

The department informed Glodzik in April that he was in violation of state law for failing to maintain a bridge that is in “imminent danger of collapse.” At the time, DEP gave Glodzik time to remedy the issue as he saw fit, DEP spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said.

“However, the owners of the bridge (L.A.G Towing) have indicated they do not have the financial means to fix or tear down the bridge,” Connolly said in an email. “This order is the next step in the process in DEP’s attempt to have this dangerous structure taken care of immediately.”

While DEP officials put their order in the mail Wednesday, FBI agents were descending on his Duryea business. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed the visit, but declined to elaborate on the reason. City officials also posted a notice on his Wilkes-Barre property, declaring it unfit for human habitation because of “no services.”

City spokeswoman Liza Prokop said the fire department had been called about “substantial flooding” in the basement caused by a hole in the roof and water seeping through the walls.

“Because of the amount of water, they cut power to the building,” Prokop said in an email. “Code Enforcement was notified and they posted the notice until the issue is abated.”

Glodzik was Wilkes-Barre’s exclusive towing contractor from April 2005 until he was suspended on May 31, 2013, after his arrest on theft charges. The 43-year-old was recently sentenced to three to 12 months in prison after being convicted of theft in May, but he remains free on bail as he appeals his conviction.

Luzerne County detectives charged Glodzik last year with pocketing $2,100 in bait money from a car during an FBI sting operation in January 2013 after a state trooper posing as a corrupt cop called him to tow away a supposed drug dealer’s car.

His attorney, Joseph Sklarosky Sr., has alleged the FBI snared Glodzik in a “bogus” theft case in an attempt to uncover possible wrongdoing by Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton, city police officers and other municipal officials.

In March, The Citizens’ Voice revealed the FBI was looking at possible connections among Wilkes-Barre police officers, auto loans and Glodzik as part of a wider federal investigation in the city.

During Glodzik’s trial, a state trooper said Glodzik had not been arrested “yet” in the federal probe. Glodzik has long insisted the FBI fully investigated him and his businesses and found no wrongdoing.

Neither Glodzik nor Sklarosky have returned messages seeking comment.

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